On 06/20/16, mark lewis said the following...
 
 ml> you didn't know there were specs for QWK, QWKE, and BW?

I have heard of them but I am not a software developer so those kind of
things slip out of my view rather quickly, if they even get noticed at all. ;)

Thanks for those links. I do have a file area for that sort of thing so I'll
grab them so I have it should the need arise.

 ml> the bottom of http://multimail.sourceforge.net/ also has links for OMEN
 ml> and SOUP packets... in fact, it may be the better place to get these
 ml> specs... as for actual source code implementing them, i don't know... it
 ml> is possible that there is some out there but...

I think I do have a QWK and BW spec that came from there, if I can find it.

 ml> then there's the OPX offline mail format... not much support for it
 ml> which i think is due to its history... i haven't found a "spec" for it
 ml> other than some C code...

I've heard of that one but never used it. I think QWK is good to support and
BW as well since netmail and echomail can be used with it and those are
standard formats. OPX may be good too but I don't know if it would be used or
if it would fill any need.

 ml> i'm surprised that BW wasn't added at the same time that QWK and QWKE
 ml> were added... especially since it is more modern and less restrictive
 ml> than QWK/QWKE...

I have seen it floated and I just floated it myself a short time ago. I think
the idea needs users behind it and the developer needs time to do the work
that might be a considerable.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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